Immortal Refiner

The three words "ascendant" exclaimed by the city guard attracted the attention of many people at the city gate. They all looked over and looked at Li Qing in amazement.

Li Qing was a little uncomfortable with these looks. He didn't expect that the fact that he was an ascender would cause such a sensation.

"Senior is actually an ascender. There hasn't been an ascender in Tonggu Continent for many years." The city guard muttered to himself in shock.

The other onlookers also started to discuss:

"Incredible, generally speaking, shouldn't the cultivators who ascended from the lower realms all land on the Tianyuan Continent?"

"It seems that this senior had an accident during his ascension, which led to his landing on our Tonggu Continent."

"I have heard that the cultivators who ascended from the lower realms are all amazingly talented and determined, and they will all have great achievements in the future."

"Isn't it a lie? Why do I feel that this person doesn't look special?"

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From the reactions of the soldiers guarding the city and the discussions of the people around him, Li Qing finally knew.

In fact, in the spirit world, the gold content of the ascenders is really high, representing a high achievement in the future on the path.

Just imagine, in the extremely difficult environment of the lower realm, you can practice to the stage of transformation and ascend to the upper realm, then in the prosperous environment of the spirit world, I am afraid it will be even more like a fish in water.

In fact, many ascenders who ascended from the lower realm to the spiritual world did achieve remarkable success in the end. As long as there were no accidents, they could at least advance to the refining stage.

For a while, many people in the city looked at Li Qing with a strange look in their eyes, with admiration and respect, and even a bit of fanaticism.

"Senior, you can wander around the city at will. I will report this matter now!" After the sergeant guarding the city said this, he rushed into the city excitedly.

Li Qing opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything else. He moved quickly into the city and disappeared in the crowd.

Not long after, Li Qing appeared in a market in Xuan Gu City that was dedicated to the trade of immortal cultivators.

There were many stalls in the market, as well as some storefronts. The spiritual energy here was particularly rich, and it was close to the level of the fifth-level spiritual vein.

Being here, Li Qing could even feel that the recovery of his injuries was a little faster.

"It's worthy of being the spirit world. Even a small border town has such rich immortal resources, many of which I can't even recognize."

Li Qing smacked his lips and sighed in his heart. He swept his eyes across some stalls in the market and found that many spiritual medicines were rare species that had long been extinct in the lower world.

"Yang Sui Root, a spiritual medicine that can only grow in some extremely yang places. The rhizome of this spiritual medicine is very valuable. It can be used for alchemy and medicine, and can also be swallowed raw."

"Taking enough can not only improve physical fitness, but also cultivate a breath of Yuan Yang Qi in the body, which can restrain most evil and evil things, comparable to the pure Yang body created after birth."

"Purple Jade Bamboo, it's a pity that the age is not high enough, otherwise you can condense bamboo dew and drip it into your eyes, which can give your eyes a natural pupil technique, breaking the void of divine eyes."

The things displayed in the market are dazzling, and Li Qing is a little overwhelmed. He wishes he could take them all in one go.

He walked to a stall and asked, "Fellow Daoist, how much is this Yang Marrow Root? Can it be traded with Spirit Stones?"

The stall owner was a body refiner. His attainments in body refinement were very exaggerated. He had already reached the peak of the fourth level. He was only one step away from achieving a fifth-level physical body, comparable to a great demon incarnation.

"Haha, this senior is joking. If it were other things, they could certainly be traded with Spirit Stones, but I risked my life to pick this Yang Marrow Root from the third-level fire area."

"I want to exchange this for a drop of blood essence, which must be the blood essence of a demon beast with the blood of a true spirit!"

Hearing this, Li Qing almost rolled his eyes.

It's probably no different to ask for the blood essence of a descendant of a true spirit and directly ask for the blood essence of a true spirit.

All of these beings are extremely terrifying, with extremely powerful strength. If you want to make them shed a drop of blood essence, you must at least be a being of the same level.

This person was not sincere, Li Qing shook his head and went to other stalls. Anyway, he didn't need the Yang Marrow Root urgently, he just asked with a try mentality.

Soon, Li Qing found a stall full of various spiritual materials and spiritual gold.

The stall owner folded his hands in front of his chest, closed his eyes and rested, not caring about his business at all.

Several of the spiritual materials were valuable, and they were even enough to become the main materials for refining spiritual treasures.

However, there was a spiritual material that caught his attention. It was a red gem the size of a human head, with many patterns engraved on it, as if it was naturally generated.

"After looking at it for so long, have you figured out anything?" The stall owner suddenly asked.

Hearing this, Li Qing just shook his head and said, "It's very strange, a bit like Lihuo Xuanyu, but I'm not sure about these patterns."

The stall owner saw that Li Qing had said something, and knew that he was an expert, so he said:

"You are not mistaken, this is indeed a piece of Lihuo Xuanyu, but unfortunately, the spirituality of this precious jade was used by some damn guy to engrave these patterns."

"I suspect these patterns have some secrets, and may even be a kind of fire magic."

At this time, Li Qing realized that the stall owner was actually a cultivator in the God Transformation Stage, and his magic power should not be weak.

"May I ask where you got this thing from?" Li Qing asked curiously.

But the stall owner shook his head and said, "I got this from a merchant, but I don't know its specific origin. At that time, I thought that this piece of Lihuo Xuanyu still had spirituality, so I wanted to use it to refine my natal treasure, but I didn't expect to be wrong."

At this point, the stall owner showed a look of gritting his teeth.

"If you want it, I will sell it to you for 30,000 merit points."

Merit points?

Li Qing was slightly stunned, and didn't know what it was, but he could probably guess that it should be something like a sect contribution.

But he had just arrived, so how could he have any merits to trade!

And he hadn't figured out what 30,000 merits were worth, so naturally he couldn't agree to the other party.

"Ahem, I don't know how to get these merit points? What are they used for?" Li Qing coughed and asked awkwardly.

The stall owner narrowed his eyes, and then said: "You are not a human from Tonggu Continent? How come you don't even know this?"

"That's right, I just came to Tonggu Continent not long ago, and I just entered the city today. Please tell me clearly." Li Qing did not say that he was an ascended monk, but just said that he had just arrived on the continent to avoid causing surprise again.

The stall owner shook his head and explained patiently: "It's strange. Apart from those desperate transcontinental merchants, there are still people coming to Tonggu Continent."

"If you want to get merit points, there are many ways. You can accept some tasks issued by the city, and sell things like me."

"Of course, the fastest way is to make great achievements in the war."

"As long as you have enough merit points, you can exchange what you want in the city. You can trade spiritual materials and spiritual objects, and you can also go to the Giant King City to exchange for more precious things."

"Someone even exchanged a piece of the remains of the descendants of the true spirit from the Giant King City, and refined it into a Tongtian spiritual treasure!"

Hearing this, Li Qing's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that the role of merit points would be so great.

In fact, this is a reward method established by the Giants to encourage all the races that are vassalized by them to work hard to make military exploits and make more efforts in the war.

This powerful tribe with a long heritage and even a Mahayana ancestor in the tribe has absolutely amazing immortal resources!

Suppressing his restlessness for the time being, Li Qing asked again: "Do merchants from other continents often come to Xuan Ancient City to trade? I want to know which merchant did you trade this Lihuo Xuanyu from?"

The stall owner explained: "It's not common. Except for a few merchants with relatively stable merchant teams, those small caravans often come once and never appear again."

"Crossing the continent is not that easy. There are too many accidents."

In the end, Li Qing still didn't trade this Lihuo Xuanyu, but he asked again and learned that the other party would not leave in the next short time and would continue to set up a stall here to do business.

After leaving the market, the Xuanhuang True Flame in his body finally couldn't be suppressed.

"Li Qing! Why don't you buy the Lihuo Jade now? What if someone else buys it?!"

"I'm sure that the Dao patterns on it are definitely left by the Heavenly Monarch. There's no way I could have made a mistake!"

Hearing this, Li Qing rolled his eyes and said, "I do want to buy it, but I need enough merit points."

"How about I sell you and see if a spiritual fire of heaven and earth that has given birth to spiritual intelligence can be exchanged for 30,000 or 50,000 merit points, and then I'll buy it."

As soon as these words came out, Xuanhuang Zhenyan finally calmed down and suppressed his restlessness.

That's right, the reason why Li Qing had asked about the Lihuo Xuanyu before was because Xuanhuang Zhenyan urged him.

It felt the breath of Chihuang Tianjun from it, and was sure that those patterns were left by Chihuang Tianjun.

As for whether he could find anything from it, it would depend on whether his "Chihuang Burning Heaven Technique" could cause some resonance and induction from it.

"Then what are you waiting for? Find a way to earn merit points quickly! Don't let others get there first!" Xuan Huang Zhen Yan couldn't help but urge again.

Li Qing shook his head and said, "Don't worry, the spirituality in the Lihuo Xuanyu has been used to condense the patterns. It can't be used to sacrifice treasures anymore. The value is not high anymore and it's hard to sell it."

"And if you delay it for a while, there may be room for bargaining. Didn't you hear him say that he won't leave in the short term?"

He planned to settle down in the city first, find out the value of the merit points, and then find a way to act.

Just as Li Qing was about to go to the city to see where to accept the task, a breath of fluctuation suddenly came from the sky.

A team of soldiers riding flying war horses landed in front of Li Qing. These people were different from the soldiers guarding the city. They had a more solemn temperament. The armor on their bodies was all magic weapons, and they were monks who also took into account body training!

"Senior, we are the city lord's guards, and we only obey the city lord's orders."

"The city lord asks you to go to the city lord's mansion. Is it convenient now?"

The city lord invites you!

Li Qing didn't expect that his arrival would alarm the strongest person in Xuan Gu City so soon, which surprised him.

He was also a little curious about how these guards could find him accurately. You know, he has been hiding his breath since entering the city, and it is difficult for people to track his whereabouts. He didn't notice anyone following him along the way.

Seemingly seeing Li Qing's doubts, the guards explained:

"Senior, you may not know that the formation in the city can sense the aura of each token after entering the city. As long as you carry it with you, we can use it to find your location."

So that's it. Li Qing understood it slightly, and then nodded and said, "Okay, you lead the way."

Li Qing followed these guards and took off into the sky. The city lord's mansion was actually in the sky. There was an island hidden in the clouds and mist, and the spiritual energy was extremely rich.

After entering the island, a middle-aged man walked out of the city lord's mansion slowly.

As soon as he saw this person for the first time, Li Qing felt a chill in his heart. He found that this person seemed to be integrated with the whole world, and his aura did not exist at all.

"Hahahaha, it's really an ascender from the lower realm. The aura on his body has not yet completely assimilated with this realm."

"It seems that my friend had a very thrilling ascension. Although his realm has not fallen, many meridians in his body have been cut off. If they are not repaired in time, it may affect his own foundation."

The middle-aged man laughed heartily and directly revealed Li Qing's true and false.

Needless to say, this man is the strongest in Xuan Gu City!

"I am Li Qing, meet the senior!" Li Qing naturally maintained extremely high courtesy to a cultivator whose realm and cultivation were higher than his own.

This was the strongest human he had ever seen in his life, and he was also a cultivator who protected the human race in an area and was worthy of his respect.

The middle-aged man waved his hand and said, "Little friend Li Qing, there is no need to be polite. I think it won't take long for you to catch up with me after you recover your cultivation."

"The ascenders from the lower world will be treated with great courtesy no matter which continent they are placed in."

This was the first time Li Qing heard such a statement. He didn't expect that his identity as an ascender would be quite popular. He thought that he would be discriminated against or suppressed by the native people in the spirit world.

Obviously, he really misunderstood.

Maybe it was like this a long time ago, but as more and more ascenders ascended to the spirit world, these ascenders showed amazing potential, which made the native people in the entire spirit world change their attitude.

"My friend, you don't know that if you ascend to Tianyuan Continent, you will be taken care of even more, and even those long-standing immortal families will extend olive branches to you."

"But since you have come to my Xuan Gu City, as the lord of this city, I will naturally not treat you unfairly!"

"Come, please enter the mansion for a chat!"

The middle-aged city lord was very hospitable and directly invited Li Qing into the mansion.

"Then I'd rather obey your command than be respectful." Li Qing clasped his fists again.